Part Time

Last night I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie for the second time, in order to stabilize my opinion about it without any pressure, excitement, nervousness, anticipation and huge expectations as they were on the first viewing.
The final conclusion is as following: it's good, but not Indiana Jones good and very close to being a disappointment. The movie is still pure fun and shows all the wannabes (National Treasure, Tomb Raider, The Mummy) how adventure movies should be made. If this is what came out after 15 years of preparations, I don't want another Indie movie to be made ever again.
Obviously, George Lucas is the man to blame for all the flaws of the movie. Nobody can ruin movie franchises like this guy. Ridiculous features like a refrigerator that survives a nuclear explosion, CGI hamsters, monkeys that attack the bad guys and Tarzan greaser make the movie look like a joke. Good thing there's Steven Spielberg to patch things up with witty one-liners and great actions scenes.
Since the last Indiana Jones movie 15 years ago, Harrison Ford became a very gloomy and grumpy actor and made some very bad role choices. Here he is young and happy once again and his Indy still kicks ass. He is joined by the rising meteor Shia LaBeouf as his perfect sidekick that might take over the series in the future (George, don't do it!!!). But the biggest star of the movie (and the best working actress in Hollywood right now) is Cate Blanchett as the devilish Russian Colonel Dr. Irina Spalko that wants all the treasures for herself and never blinks with those big beautiful blue eyes.

Transformers Sucked

When Steven Spielberg first met Michael Bay to talk about the Transformers movie, he probably told him something like that:
"Son, use your mind and imagination, not just the money I give you. I know you can do better..."
and Michael Bay probably replied:
"Yes, Master."
and then he went and made this awful movie.
When will this guy learn?! Transformers looked exactly like any other of his movies. In one of the scenes, when the Transformers crash on earth and cause a minor panic on the streets, some kid yells: "This is easily a hundred times cooler than Armageddon... I swear to God!". WRONG!!! This is exactly as uncool as Armageddon.
The only good thing in the movie is Shia LaBeouf. This kid has got a great potential, can't wait to see him in Indiana Jones 4. His wing lady, Megan Fox, is the complete opposite. Who IS this chick anyway? Even though very hot, she has two face expressions at the very most. As usual for Bay's movie, a bunch of famous actors also star. Most of them, including the veterans Jon Voight and John Turturo, just make fun of themselves. And guess who's in it as the world's biggest hacker - it's Anthony Anderson. Really?!? This guy seems as stupid as a beer can, I'd be shocked if he could even turn a computer on. Go watch Die Hard 4 - the biggest hacker there is Kevin Smith. Now, THAT was really cool!
The Transformers themselves seem to be invisible. They just walk around the streets and nobody notices them! And nobody can hear them either. They walk around a quiet neighborhood, destroy houses and power lines, talk loud, shoot, turn into big noisy vehicles... but still go unnoticed. I wish this movie was as invisible as they are.